Summertime Opportunities Stay connected over the summer. Plan to meet, talk on the phone, Zoom, or send mail. Please complete a log after each meeting, available here: https://grandmentoring.org/mentor-log/ Summer Lunch School-based matches can rendezvous at summer lunch. GCSD will provide one onsite lunch and a take-home breakfast to each youth. Mentors, please bring your own meal. • Price: Mentees eat free • Dates: June 3rd through August 1st, excluding: June 19th and June 30th to July 6th • Time/place: 10:45-11:15 at Swanny Park (van service) • Time/place: 11:30-1:00 at the Middle School cafeteria • On Fridays, GCSD will provide take-home lunches and breakfasts for the weekend. Community-Based Matches You can get together at approved locations throughout Moab, including summer lunches and many more. Always follow Community-Based Mentoring protocols and complete mentor logs.

The Effects of Mentoring MENTOR, the National Mentoring Partnership, recently put together a letter to send in support of national funding for mentoring programs. Here are a few of the lines from that inspiring letter: “Mentoring serves as one of the few prevention strategies that can effectively address multiple risk and protective factors simultaneously.” “Youth mentoring programs… have the ability to prevent and help youth cope with depressive symptoms.” “Having a mentor has also been found to be associated with life satisfaction and positive well-being in adulthood.” “Fostering a sense of belonging and forging a sense of personal identity were among the most meaningful forms of support offered by mentors.”